Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Full reference: D. Korn and C. Klug. 2023. Early Carboniferous coiled nautiloids from the Anti-Atlas (Morocco). European Journal of Taxonomy 885:156-194
Belongs to Liroceras according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2023
Sister taxa: Liroceras bakhense, Liroceras chenxianense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras karaouii, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leitrimense, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras liratum, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras missouriensis, Liroceras molengraafi, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonensis, Liroceras shakhtauense, Liroceras sinense, Liroceras volgense, Liroceras waterloti
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.31295.1, a shell. Its type locality is GI-I, Gara el Itima, which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Hamou-Rhanem Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.3
Distribution: found only at GI-I, Gara el Itima
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